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Peter’s Prize or The Peter Solis Nery Prize for Excellence in Hiligaynon Writing is a literary contest in the Hiligaynon language of the Philippines established by The Peter Solis Nery Foundation for Hiligaynon Literature and the Arts, Inc. in 2013 to fulfill its mission to promote, preserve, and propagate Hiligaynon literature. It was named after foremost Hiligaynon (Ilonggo) writer Peter Solis Nery from Dumangas, Iloilo.
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History
In September 2012, right after his induction into the Palanca Awards Hall of Fame in the Philippines, award-winning Filipino author Peter Solis Nery, who writes in three languages and across various literary genres, established The Peter Solis Nery Foundation for Hiligaynon Literature and the Arts, Inc. with the expressed aim to promote, preserve, and propagate Hiligaynon literature, and Filipino art and culture, through research, publications, productions, education, and cultural dissemination. As a vehicle to fulfill such mission, the foundation created Peter’s Prize to recognize excellent new writings and scholarship in the Hiligaynon language and its literature. The first Peter’s Prize awards were given out in September 2013.
Champion of Hiligaynon
Peter Solis Nery is an award-winning Filipino author, also known as an Hiligaynon or Ilonggo writer because he hails from the province of Iloilo in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines. He writes in three languages: English, Filipino, and his native language, Hiligaynon. He is a poet, fictionist, playwright, screenwriter, memoirist, and newspaper columnist; in addition to being a nurse, filmmaker, performing artist, lecturer, editor-publisher, and philanthropist. Because of his evident love for his mother tongue, his prodigious literary output and publication in the language, and the commitment of his foundation to the development and advancement of Hiligaynon, he is known as the Champion of Hiligaynon (or Champion of the Hiligaynon language) despite his lack of formal studies or degree in linguistics. He masterminded and initiated the The Hiligaynon Revolution of 2014 for the globally aware generation on June 12, 2014.,
Peter’s Prize Medalists
A specially crafted medallion is awarded to the grand and first prize winners of the Peter’s Prize competitions, and to select individuals who have contributed to the development and growth of the Hiligaynon language and literature, and to the continued success of the foundation. Peter’s Prizes have been awarded to: